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Improved transformation efficiency of group A Streptococcus by inactivation of a type I restriction modification system.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2021
Finn Meredith B, Ramsey Kathryn M, Tolliver Hunter J, Dove Simon L, Wessels Michael R
Abstract excerpt
Streptococcus pyogenes or group A Streptococcus (GAS) is a leading cause of bacterial pharyngitis, skin and soft tissue infections, life-threatening invasive infections, and the post-infectious autoimmune syndromes of acute rheumatic fever and post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis. Genetic manipulation of this important pathogen is complicated by resistance of the organism to genetic transformation. Very low...
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